Greater Manchester West (European Parliament constituency)

Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.

Greater Manchester West
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
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The constituency of Greater Manchester West was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Altrincham and Sale, Bolton East, Bolton West, Eccles, Farnworth, Leigh, Salford East, Salford West, and Stretford.[1] From 1984 to 1994 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury North, Bury South, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley. From 1994 to 1999 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury South, Davyhulme, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley.

MEPs

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Elected Member Party
1979 William Hopper Conservative
1984 Barbara Castle Labour
1989 Gary Titley Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see North West England

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1979: Greater Manchester West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Hopper 67,127 43.3
Labour P. Nurse 66,825 43.1
Liberal E. A. O. G. Wedell 21,021 13.6
Majority 302 0.2
Turnout 154,973 29.4
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Greater Manchester West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Castle 93,740 55.9 +12.8
Conservative William Hopper 56,042 33.4 −9.9
SDP John R. Boddy 17,894 10.7 −2.9
Majority 37,698 22.5 N/A
Turnout 167,676 31.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Greater Manchester West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Titley 109,228 54.7 −1.2
Conservative Paul H. Twyman 56,093 28.1 −5.3
Green David W. Milne 22,778 11.4 New
SLD Adrian H. Cruden 6,940 3.5 −7.2
SDP Mrs. Beryl Archer 4,526 2.3 New
Majority 53,135 26.6 +4.1
Turnout 199,565 38.2 +6.5
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Greater Manchester West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Titley 94,129 61.8 +7.1
Conservative David E. Newns 35,494 23.3 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka 13,650 9.0 +5.5
Green Ray Jackson 3,950 2.6 −8.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000011−QINU`"'
Independent George Harrison 3,693 2.4 New
Natural Law Terry L. Brotheridge 1,360 0.9 New
Majority 58,635 38.5 +11.9
Turnout 152,276 29.7 −8.5
Labour hold Swing
  1. ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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